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Nysos, the undefeated 3-year-old colt trained by Bob Baffert, has been made the 4-1 morning-line favorite for the first Preakness Stakes Future Wager pool, which opens Thursday.
The overall Thoroughbred fatality rate at North American racetracks ticked upwards slightly in 2023 compared to 2022, according to an analysis of data in the Equine Injury Database.
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Jamie Haydon, the president of the Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation, has been given additional duties at The Jockey Club as the organization’s new deputy executive director, The Jockey Club announced on Wednesday.
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A barn at Mahoning Valley Racecourse in Ohio remains under quarantine after tests earlier this week revealed three new positives for strangles, according to horsemen’s officials, restricting the number of ship-ins the track is receiving for its race cards.
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The New York Racing Association announced Wednesday that they have formed a committee with other prominent racing organizations to study the impact of various racing surfaces on injury rates, with a particular focus on artificial racing surfaces.
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Trainer Cathal "Cal" Lynch earned his 1,000th lifetime victory when Mosler Time grabbed Saturday's finale at Laurel Park.
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Jockey Forest Boyce earned her 1,000th career victory after she guided Determined Driver to a win in Friday's seventh race at Laurel Park
Ross Cohen, an indicted harness trainer who became a government witness in a wide-ranging investigation into the illegal use of drugs in horse racing, was sentenced to two years of supervised release on Wednesday by a district court in New York.
A wave of cancellations due to a prolonged cold snap hitting the Midwest and East Coast in mid-January caused handle on U.S. Thoroughbred races in the month to plunge 10.8 percent, even though average handle per race jumped a robust 9.8 percent, according to figures distributed by Equibase on Monday.
Brook Hawkins, the steward for the New York Racing Association since Nov. 1, 2019, has been fired, Hawkins confirmed Thursday afternoon.
